Blueberries, not fruit juice, cut type-2 diabetes risk

[xchrom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23880701


Blueberries and apples contain high levels of anthocyanins

Eating more fruit, particularly blueberries, apples and grapes, is linked to a reduced risk of developing type-2 diabetes, suggests a study in the British Medical Journal.

Blueberries cut the risk by 26% compared with 2% for three servings of any whole fruit - but fruit juice did not appear to have the same effect.

The research looked at the diets of more than 187,000 people in the US.

But Diabetes UK said the results of the study should be treated with caution.

[SheilaT]

1. It has long seemed to me that any study that purports

to find that some one food is the magic cure for some specific disease, needs to be treated with a lot of caution.

Eating a varied diet that includes lots of fruits and vegetables is A Very Good Idea. But to think that consume blueberries will somehow protect one from diabetes is magical thinking.